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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

DANGERS of unsafe wired glass in schools - statistics are startling

There are are approximately 2,300 school injuries yearly caused by unsafe wired glass. Recently, the Portland
Public School district was found negligent by an Oregon jury for not replacing a
dangerous wired glass door panel.

During the trial, it was revealed that the state superintendent had issued a memo alerting all superintendents of the dangers of wired glass, and
that the Portland district had lobbied against a state bill that would
have required school districts to replace all wired glass in hazardous
locations.

The wire threaded throughout the glass actually weakens the glass and increases the chances of
breakage even under the relatively mild force. Even worse, a student’s hand or leg that passes through
the easily broken wired glass panel can be snared by the wire making
resulting injuries more severe.